Man wanted on Canada-wide warrant may be in Lethbridge

Lethbridge police are looking for a man who went missing from a hospital in British Columbia and may be in the southern Alberta city.

Calgary Herald

Published on: March 4, 2016 | Last Updated: March 4, 2016 9:51 AM MST

On March 14, 2016, the Lethbridge Police Service arrested 38-year-old David Fomradas after he went missing Feb. 10, 2016, from a forensic psychiatric hospital in Coquitlam, B.C.Courtesy Lethbridge Regional Police Service / Postmedia

Lethbridge police are looking for a man who went missing from a hospital in British Columbia and may be in the southern Alberta city.

David Fomradas, 38, was reported on an “unauthorized absence” from a forensic psychiatric hospital in Coquitlam on Feb. 10 and failed to return to an outpatient facility. He is now wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.

Fomradas is originally from Lethbridge and may be in the city.

Police say he has the potential for violence when not taking his medication. Members of the public are urged not to approach him but to contact police if he is spotted.

Fomradas is described as a Caucasian man, five-foot-11, 156 pounds, with blue eyes, long light brown hair, a moustache and a beard.

He was last seen wearing dark grey pants, a brown sweater, a black jacket, and a hat or toque of unknown colour.

According to the hospital’s website, the facility “treats and rehabilitates individuals who have come in conflict with the law and are deemed unfit to stand trial or not criminally responsible due to mental illness (NCRMD).”

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